Abstract

This paper presents the results from postgraduate students in the physics department at University of Ioannina in Greece about their perceptions of thermal phenomena. For this purpose, an open-ended questionnaire comprised questions about heat transfer and conductance in everyday life. The results showed that many students need clarification about the various concepts of thermal phenomena and demonstrate the conflict between everyday experience and scientific models in explaining phenomena.

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